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I was misled by the description then 😛 Looks like it's sold! Ok - who did it?!

Yes - I was really tempted by this: https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/b-stock/products/lodestone-artist-b-stock But I don't want active and it's really hard to tell what is going on with the finish from the photo's - sort of looks like it flaked off! Makes you wonder what'd happen if you could call them and make an offer on it? Can't help but think a wipedown with a cloth would have been a good move before taking pictures!

Nice - how does it play?

I'd live with it - there is a chinese saying something to do with 'raw silk/uncut wood' - I like seeing the grain and natural colour coming through. Are you going to add a pickguard? I'm guessing not - that would make a big difference.

I have a Nordstrand MM4.4 and I'm wondering about the pickup height. It is not in a stingray and the electronics are passive. I was reading this: https://reverb.com/news/pickup-height-an-easy-diy-tone-tweak And this jumped out at me: Which I was hearing something like with some recording I was doing. Which also had a little Dark Glass Microtubes with the treble switch activated (something like the ampeg ultra-high setting but with some overdrive). Standard MM stingray pup height is 6/32nds from the bottom of the E string to the pickup cover. Mine was more like 8/32nd. Now the actual question (for anyone who's made it through this far!) is could the Nordy magnets be messing with the strings even though set below the recommended height? I just moved the pickup down so it's more like 10/32nds (8mm) and it seems to help for sure. Just interested in the unseen waves affecting my world!

If I was in the market for a Jazz style I'd look at this: https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/b-stock/products/lodestone-primal-artist-b-stocl The black P-bass is sort of too ugly to contemplate.

I've been thinking a lot about cleaning up my technique and I never had a settled right hand muting technique, recently I had some time on my hands and I went with the Jaco, which I understood to be: Little finger E 3rd finger A And letting the playing fingers mute D when you got that far - I could be wrong! The thumb kind of floats between anchored on the pickup and I really struggled with the 3rd finger - it felt like it was getting crooked and in the way when I was playing the D string, but it feels much more natural now. I basically played a lot of scales, arpeggios and then re-learnt a few of the lines with that in mind. I choose that method because it feels more anchored but flexible - like you're in a kung-fu stance but with fingers if you know what I mean? And because it was really unnatural feeling and I liked the change! Great playing in the video!

I have a nice one from https://www.bassculture.de/bilder.html Stacked - lovely warm round tone.

Great video - I had no need to know all that but had to watch as the suspense vs calm and methodical approach was better than TV.

https://www.ebay.com/str/sppinternational/FERNANDES/_i.html?_storecat=25405136012 These guys have a selection with free international shipping - almost tempting!

The warman looks interesting: https://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/product/mm4-4-string-bass-humbucker-13-09kohm-4-wire-overwound/ Any idea where the capacitor chart he references is?

I have a Nordstrand MM4.4 Quad Coil - great sounding pickup.

Is that one of the Northwest ones? I have pretty much the same thing on my pbass/stingray cross - really like it - nice weight, looks good, feels good under the palm.

Well, really, that human beings like to copy, and copying can be a path to innovation.

I agree - I was thinking that about the Wilcock thread - https://www.wilcocklondon.com/

I agree, but if you extrapolated that out it would be a pretty good argument for doing nothing ever. I’m thinking specifically of covers band - providing a version of something classic and probably definitively ‘done already’. But that ignores the human need too emulate and from emulation to evolution and all the value that the peers of the emulators find in that process, and the occasional brilliant steps onward that can come out of that process. as for the innovators - heads ain’t ready, until they are!

@Cathode_Follower - great - thanks. I’ll give it a go!

How are we feeling about the byoc kits? I’ve never built one - I really like the idea of that one! And what is a good UK source? I found http://www.vibe-o-tronic.co.uk/products.php?brand=1&type=1

Nice I admire your undertaking! I really like the ocd - I liked the bass mod described here: https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/Disorder_Drive/p847124_9537006.aspx

Me too - cool lockdown project!

The lowrider looks really good to me - be interesting to see some reviews! I'm sort of sad to see they've ditched the raked headstock design from the Lodestone - but I know I'm alone on that one! Jarring like a seventies living room? I don't mind it - it's got some character at least!

Yeah - the Vong! It really helps with recording. The last time I got into the studio my signal chain was Vong, Guma Drive and pumpernickel into Ampeg pre - so mainly schalltechnik04. The keyboard player and engineer went out of their way to comment on the tone being good. I really like that there is blend on both the compressor and the drive - makes life a lot less A or B! I'm sad now I didn't opt for his bass preamp too - maybe that would be a good project right now: https://www.musikding.de/Growling-Krizzly-Deluxe-kit

I'm really interested and if I had a grand + to drop on a bass a cutlass would be it! The pickups being single pole must make a difference to the sound - I've read a few different reason for the Fender double pole pieces but most consistently seen a variation on: But also on the Seymour Duncan site: https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd-qa/why-do-fender-precision-bass-pickups-have-two-offset-coils Huh!

There is a clone of the preamp board - he went into some detail for the research: https://www.musikding.de/Classic-Bass-Preamp-Preamp-kit Here is a google translate link to the orignal article: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fandyszeugs.wordpress.com%2Fmusicman-stingray-classic-preamp%2F